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How to Avoid and Deal with Mean Comments on Your Blog

May 23, 2013February 10, 2018 Blogging 7

Blogging can be a very personal experience. You’re baring your soul before the world. You are vulnerable. One of the worst things is to

Are Sticky Menus the Way of the Future for Web Design?

April 10, 2013February 10, 2018 Front End 2

When you are logged into WordPress, there is a “permanent” grey menu bar at the top of the screen that stays at the top

Make Any WordPress Theme Responsive (Mobile-Friendly)

April 1, 2013February 10, 2018 WordPress 34

Here is the scenario: You’ve searched high and low and found the perfect WordPress theme for yourself or your client. But, there’s one big

Why Your Blog’s Copyright Notice Might Be Totally Wrong

March 24, 2013February 10, 2018 Blogging 0

We all want to protect the content that we create for our blogs and websites, right? Wouldn’t it be terrible if someone copied your

Twelve Ways to Massively Speed Up Your WordPress Site

March 12, 2013August 3, 2018 WordPress 17

Is your WordPress site loading slowly? There is a cool tool called Pingdom which creates waterfall charts so you can see exactly what is slowing

Create Cheap, Lightweight Mobile Websites for Small Businesses

March 6, 2013February 10, 2018 Developer 4

The current craze in mobile web development is undoubtedly responsive design, i.e., making websites that adapt dynamically to the size of the browser window

Facebook Page vs. Group: Which is Right for Your Organization?

February 5, 2013February 10, 2018 Blogging 109

Much has been written about the differences between Facebook Pages and Groups. When I needed to decide which to use for a project, I

Set Up Your Domain and Hosting on Go Daddy

January 17, 2013February 10, 2018 Sys Admin 1

Okay, you’ve purchased your brand new domain name and hosting on Go Daddy. Now you need to make your domain point to your website.

Dynamically Resize an iFrame Using jQuery

January 11, 2013February 10, 2018 Front End 3

I was given the task to fix a website bug of the following nature: There is an iframe containing a “submit” button. When the

Trademark Your Website or Blog Name

November 30, 2012February 10, 2018 Blogging 14

One of my blogs reached a level of popularity and income where I started thinking about trademarking the name of the site. I figured

PhoneGap and jQuery Mobile vs. Sencha Touch

November 12, 2012February 10, 2018 Developer 40

PhoneGap Build lets web developers create native mobile apps for iOS and Android without learning Objective C or Java, while still being able to

Which Pages Are Generating Your Adsense Income?

October 29, 2012February 10, 2018 Blogging 4

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS OBSOLETE! Google has changed the way Adsense linking is done. Please refer to this article for updated instructions! Google Adsense can

Maximize Earnings from Your Website’s Ads

October 25, 2012February 10, 2018 Blogging 4

I have a variety of blog-like websites that earn anywhere from $60 to $1200 per month per site. This income comes from ads that

Move Your WordPress Site to New Server

October 25, 2012February 10, 2018 Sys Admin 0

There are many cases where you might need to move or copy your WordPress site to a new server. You might be working on

Fix Broken Google Map Links for iOS6

October 2, 2012February 10, 2018 Developer 0

When Apple removed Google Maps from iOS6, they broke many websites that relied on Google Maps for route directions and map. This article describes

Top Ten Tips for Web Developers from WordCamp Boston 2012

July 17, 2012May 31, 2013 WordPress 2

I recently attended my first WordCamp and had a great time meeting new people and learning from the WordPress masters. From all of the

Using Go Daddy Server with Offsite Domain Registrar

June 29, 2012May 20, 2014 Sys Admin 16

This is a pretty common thing to do, right? You have hosting at Go Daddy but your domain is registered with someone else, like

Hide Your Visits from Google Analytics

June 11, 2012February 10, 2018 Developer 9

When I visit my own websites, I don’t want Google Analytics to count those visits. Google provides two ways to exclude your own visits,

Add Your Website Icon to the Browser Tab

May 14, 2012April 14, 2018 Front End 41

The cool little icon that shows up in each web page’s browser tab is called a “favicon”. Adding this tiny detail really gives your

Fix PHP date() Timezone Warnings

May 10, 2012February 10, 2018 Developer 0

After I upgraded from PHP version 5.2 to 5.3, my websites exploded with PHP warning messages similar to this: Warning: date() [function.date]: It is

Make a Background of an Image Transparent

May 8, 2012February 10, 2018 Front End 5

Often times you’ll have an image, perhaps a logo, that you want to use on a website, and you’ll want that image to have

Make a WordPress Post Stay at the Top of the Page

February 22, 2012October 7, 2014 WordPress 1

Most WordPress landing pages either contain static information or the latest posts. But what if you want the both worlds – a landing page

Pick a Money-Making Blog Topic

February 18, 2012February 10, 2018 Blogging 0

We’ve all heard of bloggers who pull down six-figure incomes. It sounds great: work at home writing about some arcane topic from time to

Add a Slide Show to Your Website: The Picasa Way

February 18, 2012February 10, 2018 Front End 10

In my last article, I described how to add a photo slide show to your website using jQuery and CSS. Here, I’ll describe a

Add a Slide Show to Your Website: The jQuery Way

January 22, 2012February 10, 2018 Front End 14

Having a photo slide show on website landing pages is one of the most popular trends in web design now. And for good reason:

Add Custom Fonts to Your Website

January 17, 2012February 10, 2018 Front End 0

Are you tired of using the same old boring web fonts? Without describing all of the browser compatibility problems in detail, here’s a quick